tai chi master... - Saturday, August 28 2004

so the original plan was to go out to Golden Ears Park for the day, but the weather doesn't look so agreeable so we're gonna congregate at eltro's house at around 1300 and stuff our faces there instead. i'm up early (1000) in anticipation of the possible drive out to Golden Ears, but now i don't wanna go back to sleep...so since i'm going to be gorging myself later after fasting for the whole week...hey why don't i do a little morning exercise?

my mom's kinda into tai chi n all that other chinese exercise stuff, so i tell her i'll go through the "18 stances" or whatchamacallit with her. well, i must have a lot of "bad air" in me, cuz i swear i was yawning through the whole routine pretty much, and not b/c i was tired or bored, but i guess if you do it right (w/ the deep breathing n everything) it actually does feel like it's something worth doing, and isn't just a way to keep old 70+ ladies active. i could feel ligaments stretching, bones crackling, heck i could even feel myself sweating a bit! and during this one move, my rotator cuff started killing and i almost wanted to stop and probably would have if i wasn't too ashamed to stop and acknowledge that these old ladies in red and yellow sweats had a better range of movement than i did, so i took a deep breath and pressed on. so today...i AM the tai chi master!

*sidenote* - i think my blog's been feelin' kinda boring lately, but not to worry. with work over and done with, something's bound to happen, and when it does, another episode will be on the way! stay tuned...